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40 thoughts on “How many products do you use to remove your makeup?”

Neutrogena foaming cleanser takes everything off in one go. I don’t like putting oil or harsh alcohol type things near my eyes so much, so that works just fine for me. I never have smudges the next day. It takes off my foundation and everything else too.

I third the Neutrogena Foaming Cleanser. The ONLY time I need a second product is when I have applied waterproof mascara. Then I use Urban Decay Meltdown to get the last remnants. However the Neutrogena Cleanser really is the best to get makeup off.

I remove my eye makeup with coconut oil or Lancôme Bi-Facil just before I hop in the shower, then I use a gentle cleanser to “loosen” my makeup, then follow up with my actual facial cleanser. Any remaining trace of makeup (in the hairline if I don’t wash my hair that night) gets removed with Witch Hazel.

I said 2 in my vote but the truth of the matter is that it depends on how much makeup I’m wearing. Sometimes, just my basic foaming cleanser alone takes off everything but if I’m wearing a lot and it’s long-wearing products, I will sometimes first use a product like Clinique Take the Day Off balm or MAC’s cleansing oil to make sure I get everything off.

It depend on the makeup for me. I use Marcelle genital makeup remover to remove my false lashes if I have them and eye makeup. Then wash my face then go back in with either the Embryolisse Lotion Micellaire or Marcelle genital makeup remover if there is something really suborn on my lash line.

Totally depends on the amount of make up i’m wearing. I tend to use Bioderma miscellar water or L’oreal eye make up remover for eye make up, and neutrogena cleansing wipes for any face/lip make up. I also normally use a facial cleanser afterwards, which at the moment is St Ive’s apricot cleanser, which is fantastic for dry skin!

I always use a generic eye makeup remover. I find the drugstore ones work just as well as the higher brands. For my face I flip flop between using cold cream or makeup wipes, since I like both. With the cold cream I just wipe off with a tissue, then cleanse per usual! More than that and my skin gets irritated. Keep it simple!

If I’m wearing makeup, I use Sephora cleansing oil with special attention to eyemakeup. After I rinse, I use Clijique cleanser for super xsensitive skin (rosacea) with a Clarisonic pore ckeansing brush.

I use Sonia Kashuk Eye Make-up remover (awesomely gentle Bi-Facil dupe) and then just wash off everything else with Cetaphil. I’ve never really seen a need for a separate make-up remover for my face, just washing in warm water seems to take care of everything.

Two. I use a cleansing oil to take off the majority of my makeup, then a facial cleanser to finish up. Sometimes, I would use Tatcha’s enzyme powder for my third step; it’s technically a cleanser, but I use it for gentle exfoliation.

I usually use an eye maker remover (lancome bi-facial) then a micellaire water to remove my face make up (right now lancome aswell) and a toner to help take away any residue (right now elemis’s sensitive skin one).